CATS Global Schools Hiring for English Teacher Job at London, England Full Time

ABOUT Stafford House International London

Stafford House International has over 60 years’ experience in providing international students with great English language courses both in the UK and Canada. Whether students want to learn English for everyday life, their career or to progress into academic study, we have the ideal course and location to suit. We recruit International students wishing to immerse themselves in a language learning experience in another country. It has quickly grown into one of the industry’s leading group of schools and has exciting plans to develop its geographic footprint in the coming years.

OVERVIEW OF THE JOB

Stafford House School of English provides intensive English language courses to foreign students enrolled at the school. EFL teachers at Stafford House School of English may be asked to teach on any one of our courses depending on experience and qualifications.

REPORTS TO

You will be directly responsible to the Director of Studies.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOB

Teaching EFL classes as per timetable

Our timetable may vary and so flexibility is required from all staff. Classes may include (but is not limited to) the following:
 General English from Beginner to Advanced level
 Exam preparation classes (IELTS and Cambridge exams)
 Business English
 Academic English
 English for specific purposes
 Excursion or project courses
 Option courses as agreed with the Director of Studies
 Online Lessons

Some classes may be for young students from age 14 and so must be adapted accordingly.

Class preparation

Each teacher will be responsible for preparing their classes in advance and drawing up a Scheme of Work that will be displayed in the classroom and will be available online (via Symba) as a record of work covered by each student.

Teachers are encouraged to share teaching resources with each other to provide a supportive learning environment for both our staff and our students.

Training and Development

Stafford House School of English will support all staff in their training and personal development needs. A full induction will be provided to all new teachers, and regular training will be offered. All teachers are expected to attend fortnightly INSET sessions, and teachers will be asked to run development or training sessions as required.

Regular classroom observations will take place to support personal development, to assess performance and to review the courses that we run. DELTA qualified teachers may be asked to carry out observations and give feedback to colleagues.

Development Hours

Permanent teachers are expected to complete a certain number of development hours per week. These can be used towards any activities that help develop the school or contribute to the teacher’s own continuing professional development (exclusive of regular lesson planning). Teachers will have regular meetings with the DoS to set objectives and measure progress towards those objectives.

Other

As we are responsible for students under the age of 18 every member of staff has a duty of care to the students in our school.

Teachers are encouraged to become involved in the students’ social programme and will be paid accordingly either for organisation and planning or for leading events.

When teaching on the closed group programme teachers will be asked to participate in activities and excursions as agreed with the social co-ordinator.

Teachers are expected to be on site no later than 15 minutes before the start of their first lesson.

Further details can be found in the Teachers’ Handbook. These responsibilities may be subject to change over time.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

The job requires that you have:
 Degree or equivalent
 CELTA or equivalent (essential)
 DELTA or equivalent (preferred)
 Experience of English for Academic Purposes (preferred)
 Experience of teaching for exam preparation (preferred)
 Experience of teaching using Interactive Whiteboards (Promethean)
 Commitment to delivering high quality lessons
 Creative lesson content and design
 A desire to continue to develop professionally
 Enthusiasm and commitment to working as a team
 Working knowledge of all Microsoft Office packages
 Experience of working with under 18s
 Flexibility

ABOUT CATS GLOBAL SCHOOLS
CATS Global is a leading provider of pre-university academic courses and English language courses in the UK. We provide programmes including A Level, IB and University Foundation, as well as English Language Study, to a growing number of international students seeking to win places at UK universities.

We operate a number of different educational brands: CATS Colleges in Cambridge, Canterbury and London; CATS Academy in Boston; Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts (CSVPA) and Stafford House English language schools and study holidays. We benefit from being part of a global team focused on teaching and learning.

AND FINALLY
CATS Global are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expect everyone connected with the organisation to share this commitment. All positions are subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment pre-employment checks in line with KCSIE guidelines.

Job Types: Zero hours contract, Permanent, Part-time
Part-time hours: 15 per week

Salary: £19.00-£22.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday